Castle Peles

4 days in Romania

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March 20th 2007
As there was a holiday on last Thursday and riots, we took the possibility to make a bigger trip. So I've planed detailed weeks before. We were 18 people and 2 Mini-Vans, each for 9 persons: 11 students from Budapest, 6 form Debrecen plus my sister in Romania who has organized a very unique local first day and was a very great dolmetscher. A quite multinational group with 4 germans, 4 portugiese, ... read more

Europe » Romania » Transilvania

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more